Unusual nimcha blade: need help

[fernando]

Originally Posted by ariel

... But this is a Tanjore katar commonly attributable to 16 century with a triangular form. One cannot have any other fullering...

I warned you i might be talking nonsense ; notwithstanding that i was more foccusing on the fullers convergence as being an aesthetical option; i realized that even in the katar they could as well just fade away instead of all meeting together.

Originally Posted by ariel

... We are talking about later swords, don’t we?

The swords yes but, as you know, nimcha blades can be rather early ones; and at the end of the day, it is more plausible that the blade of yours is European, as it seems to happen all the time.

[ariel]

Thanks for connecting my query to the European Forum.

So, my question to the European specialists: any examples of similar blades in the European arsenal?

[Norman McCormick]

Hi Ariel,
Scottish backswords and broadswords are well known for multi fullered blades. These blades are European in origin with lots from the Solingen manufactories. Some have fullering the length of the blade and a ricasso similar to your blade but the vast majority I have seen tend to have some sort of markings. When I initially saw your blade my first thought was India and I'm still drawn to that source for this blade but who knows. Nice item regardless.
My Regards,
Norman.

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by ariel

Thanks for connecting my query to the European Forum.

So, my question to the European specialists: any examples of similar blades in the European arsenal?

I'm relatively sure, that we see a blade of local production.

The fullers are to uneven for European production.

Please compare your fullers with the fullers of my Jiboula.


Roland

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Here is one of my Indian swords with a similar multi fullered straight blade .